The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . lam, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 20: 150. slender, 3-angled, about 2 cm. broad, pale green and slightly glaucous, climbing by aerialroots; margins somewhat knobby, the areole borne on the upper part of the knob, small, 3 to 4 ; spines 2 to 4, short, 1 to 3 mm. long, acieular, but with swollen bases; flower 10 cm. long ormore, the ovary and tube bearing clusters of yellow to brown acieular spines; inner perianth-segmentswhite, oblanceolate, acute, somewhat serrate; style pale yellow, weak, resting on th
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . lam, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 20: 150. slender, 3-angled, about 2 cm. broad, pale green and slightly glaucous, climbing by aerialroots; margins somewhat knobby, the areole borne on the upper part of the knob, small, 3 to 4 ; spines 2 to 4, short, 1 to 3 mm. long, acieular, but with swollen bases; flower 10 cm. long ormore, the ovary and tube bearing clusters of yellow to brown acieular spines; inner perianth-segmentswhite, oblanceolate, acute, somewhat serrate; style pale yellow, weak, resting on the under side ofthe flower-tube; stigma-lobes white; fruit not known. Type locality: Western coast of Guatemala. Distribution: Guatemala. In habit this species much resembles Wilmattea minutiflora, also from Guatemala,but its flower characters are quite different. Illustration: Addisonia 2: pi. 47. Plate xxxix, figure 4, is from a specimen obtained by Dr. Rose from Guatemala,which flowered in the New York Botanical Garden, April 14, 1915. BRITTON AND ROSE, VOL. II PLATE XXXIX. M E. Eaton del 1. Flowering branch of Weberocereus tunilla. 2. Flowering branch of Weberocereus biolleyi. 3. Flowering branch of Werckleocereus tonduzii. 4. A flower of Werckleocereus glaber. (All natural size.) APOROCACTIS. >I7
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